WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008
Luring Tourists With Free Gas
In response to rising gas prices, hotels are now offering tourists new deals to save money on gas.
CNN Money reports:
In New Hampshire, the state visitor's bureau has a whole page of "gas saving offers" on its Web site.
They
include a gas credit of as much as $50 for drivers headed to the The
Highlands Inn in Bethlehem -- 25 cents a mile or 30 cents a mile if you
drive a hybrid.
And The Inn at Mill Falls in Meredith is offering a gas voucher of $20 per night, good at the local Meredith Mobil station.
The New York State hospitality association is organizing hotels that offer one free night of lodging when two nights are booked.
"One
of the reasons people came up with this is because of the high gas
prices," said Mark Dorr, a spokesman for the association. "People don't
want to drive far from home."
The New Hampshire Visitor's Bureau site makes me wonder if your sales department might find some opportunity in compiling such a list on your news organization's Web site. If hotels in your area are not doing this, maybe they should as part of a Web exclusive offer.
Here is a list of places [PDF] around the country that have tried these kinds of incentives in previous years.
Posted at 9:11:09 AM
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